From the Houston Daily Post, October 19, 1887: Charles Hurley was a resident of Houston until after the War Between the States. In 1867 he moved to Galveston where he became identified with various steamship lines. He inaugurated the first direct line of steamships between Galveston and Liverpool. He shipped the first cargo of Texas Cattle that ever went directly to Liverpool, and about this time he was associated with various prominent enterprises of Galveston. His popularity, honesty of purpose and business capacity secured for him the mayoralty of Galveston in 1872. While mayor, his is said to have inaugurated in that city street paving and other public improvements.
"The Handbook of Texas" reports that C. W. Hurley was involved with the establishment of two Texas railroads. One was the "Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Railway" that was chartered on February 2, 1875. The second was a narrow gauge railroad known as the "Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande", chartered on March 18, 1875.
He died of the effects of a hemorrhage on October 17, 1887 while on a business trip for the "Houston Daily Post", en route home from Louisville, Kentucky. He also suffered from Brights Disease. He was survived by his wife, 5 children, his mother, two brothers and two sisters.
Galveston Daily News, October 22, 1887
Burial of Captain C. W. Hurley
At 10 o'clock a.m., the remains of Captain Charles W. Hurley arrived at the Central depot from Louisville, KY via the Southern Pacific route. They were at once taken to the residence of the family, on the corner of Rush and Travis streets, and prepared for interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the funeral procession started to the cemetery passing to Main Street and into Preston and out that thoroughfare to Glenwood, where the last solemn rights of the church were rendered by the Rev. D. C. F. Timmons, pastor of Shearn Memorial Methodist church. The service at the grave was sad and pathetic - the dead whose life had been so useful, busy, and charitable, being surrounded by mother, wife, brothers, sister, children, relatives and friends, mourning and lamenting their loss. After the grave was closed, floral decorations were strewn over it as a mark to sweet memory and a chaste tribute to the one who lay so quietly below the mellow earth.
Deceased was not born in England, as stated by the Houston correspondent in a former issue of THE NEWS. He was born in New York City shortly after his parents came to the United States, and has left behind him an aged mother, Mrs. Caroline Branard, and his uncle, Ed Mather, who now resides in Houston; also A. J. Hurley, a brother; Geo Branard, a half brother; Mrs. Henry Scherffius, a half sister, all of Houston; and Mrs. A. S. Mair, a half sister of Galveston; also his wife and the following children: Misses Lota and Susie and Frank, Charles and W. H. Hurley, the latter being a resident of Galveston.
The death of Captain Hurley is generally regretted in Houston, as he was widely known in business and social circles. His bereaved family have the sympathy of all in their deep and sacred sorrow.
The following gentlemen were the pall bearers: H. F. MacGregor, George Damble, F. A. Rice, Albert G. Howell, Thomas Archer, Wm. I. Cooke, and Ed Smallwood, Ed Webster of Galveston.
"The Handbook of Texas" reports that C. W. Hurley was involved with the establishment of two Texas railroads. One was the "Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Railway" that was chartered on February 2, 1875. The second was a narrow gauge railroad known as the "Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande", chartered on March 18, 1875.
He died of the effects of a hemorrhage on October 17, 1887 while on a business trip for the "Houston Daily Post", en route home from Louisville, Kentucky. He also suffered from Brights Disease. He was survived by his wife, 5 children, his mother, two brothers and two sisters.
Galveston Daily News, October 22, 1887
Burial of Captain C. W. Hurley
At 10 o'clock a.m., the remains of Captain Charles W. Hurley arrived at the Central depot from Louisville, KY via the Southern Pacific route. They were at once taken to the residence of the family, on the corner of Rush and Travis streets, and prepared for interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the funeral procession started to the cemetery passing to Main Street and into Preston and out that thoroughfare to Glenwood, where the last solemn rights of the church were rendered by the Rev. D. C. F. Timmons, pastor of Shearn Memorial Methodist church. The service at the grave was sad and pathetic - the dead whose life had been so useful, busy, and charitable, being surrounded by mother, wife, brothers, sister, children, relatives and friends, mourning and lamenting their loss. After the grave was closed, floral decorations were strewn over it as a mark to sweet memory and a chaste tribute to the one who lay so quietly below the mellow earth.
Deceased was not born in England, as stated by the Houston correspondent in a former issue of THE NEWS. He was born in New York City shortly after his parents came to the United States, and has left behind him an aged mother, Mrs. Caroline Branard, and his uncle, Ed Mather, who now resides in Houston; also A. J. Hurley, a brother; Geo Branard, a half brother; Mrs. Henry Scherffius, a half sister, all of Houston; and Mrs. A. S. Mair, a half sister of Galveston; also his wife and the following children: Misses Lota and Susie and Frank, Charles and W. H. Hurley, the latter being a resident of Galveston.
The death of Captain Hurley is generally regretted in Houston, as he was widely known in business and social circles. His bereaved family have the sympathy of all in their deep and sacred sorrow.
The following gentlemen were the pall bearers: H. F. MacGregor, George Damble, F. A. Rice, Albert G. Howell, Thomas Archer, Wm. I. Cooke, and Ed Smallwood, Ed Webster of Galveston.
From the Houston Daily Post, October 19, 1887: Charles Hurley was a resident of Houston until after the War Between the States. In 1867 he moved to Galveston where he became identified with various steamship lines. He inaugurated the first direct line of steamships between Galveston and Liverpool. He shipped the first cargo of Texas Cattle that ever went directly to Liverpool, and about this time he was associated with various prominent enterprises of Galveston. His popularity, honesty of purpose and business capacity secured for him the mayoralty of Galveston in 1872. While mayor, his is said to have inaugurated in that city street paving and other public improvements.
"The Handbook of Texas" reports that C. W. Hurley was involved with the establishment of two Texas railroads. One was the "Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Railway" that was chartered on February 2, 1875. The second was a narrow gauge railroad known as the "Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande", chartered on March 18, 1875.
He died of the effects of a hemorrhage on October 17, 1887 while on a business trip for the "Houston Daily Post", en route home from Louisville, Kentucky. He also suffered from Brights Disease. He was survived by his wife, 5 children, his mother, two brothers and two sisters.
Galveston Daily News, October 22, 1887
Burial of Captain C. W. Hurley
At 10 o'clock a.m., the remains of Captain Charles W. Hurley arrived at the Central depot from Louisville, KY via the Southern Pacific route. They were at once taken to the residence of the family, on the corner of Rush and Travis streets, and prepared for interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the funeral procession started to the cemetery passing to Main Street and into Preston and out that thoroughfare to Glenwood, where the last solemn rights of the church were rendered by the Rev. D. C. F. Timmons, pastor of Shearn Memorial Methodist church. The service at the grave was sad and pathetic - the dead whose life had been so useful, busy, and charitable, being surrounded by mother, wife, brothers, sister, children, relatives and friends, mourning and lamenting their loss. After the grave was closed, floral decorations were strewn over it as a mark to sweet memory and a chaste tribute to the one who lay so quietly below the mellow earth.
Deceased was not born in England, as stated by the Houston correspondent in a former issue of THE NEWS. He was born in New York City shortly after his parents came to the United States, and has left behind him an aged mother, Mrs. Caroline Branard, and his uncle, Ed Mather, who now resides in Houston; also A. J. Hurley, a brother; Geo Branard, a half brother; Mrs. Henry Scherffius, a half sister, all of Houston; and Mrs. A. S. Mair, a half sister of Galveston; also his wife and the following children: Misses Lota and Susie and Frank, Charles and W. H. Hurley, the latter being a resident of Galveston.
The death of Captain Hurley is generally regretted in Houston, as he was widely known in business and social circles. His bereaved family have the sympathy of all in their deep and sacred sorrow.
The following gentlemen were the pall bearers: H. F. MacGregor, George Damble, F. A. Rice, Albert G. Howell, Thomas Archer, Wm. I. Cooke, and Ed Smallwood, Ed Webster of Galveston.
"The Handbook of Texas" reports that C. W. Hurley was involved with the establishment of two Texas railroads. One was the "Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Railway" that was chartered on February 2, 1875. The second was a narrow gauge railroad known as the "Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande", chartered on March 18, 1875.
He died of the effects of a hemorrhage on October 17, 1887 while on a business trip for the "Houston Daily Post", en route home from Louisville, Kentucky. He also suffered from Brights Disease. He was survived by his wife, 5 children, his mother, two brothers and two sisters.
Galveston Daily News, October 22, 1887
Burial of Captain C. W. Hurley
At 10 o'clock a.m., the remains of Captain Charles W. Hurley arrived at the Central depot from Louisville, KY via the Southern Pacific route. They were at once taken to the residence of the family, on the corner of Rush and Travis streets, and prepared for interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the funeral procession started to the cemetery passing to Main Street and into Preston and out that thoroughfare to Glenwood, where the last solemn rights of the church were rendered by the Rev. D. C. F. Timmons, pastor of Shearn Memorial Methodist church. The service at the grave was sad and pathetic - the dead whose life had been so useful, busy, and charitable, being surrounded by mother, wife, brothers, sister, children, relatives and friends, mourning and lamenting their loss. After the grave was closed, floral decorations were strewn over it as a mark to sweet memory and a chaste tribute to the one who lay so quietly below the mellow earth.
Deceased was not born in England, as stated by the Houston correspondent in a former issue of THE NEWS. He was born in New York City shortly after his parents came to the United States, and has left behind him an aged mother, Mrs. Caroline Branard, and his uncle, Ed Mather, who now resides in Houston; also A. J. Hurley, a brother; Geo Branard, a half brother; Mrs. Henry Scherffius, a half sister, all of Houston; and Mrs. A. S. Mair, a half sister of Galveston; also his wife and the following children: Misses Lota and Susie and Frank, Charles and W. H. Hurley, the latter being a resident of Galveston.
The death of Captain Hurley is generally regretted in Houston, as he was widely known in business and social circles. His bereaved family have the sympathy of all in their deep and sacred sorrow.
The following gentlemen were the pall bearers: H. F. MacGregor, George Damble, F. A. Rice, Albert G. Howell, Thomas Archer, Wm. I. Cooke, and Ed Smallwood, Ed Webster of Galveston.
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